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DELIVERY APPARATUS.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT Trice.

LUTHER o. OROWELL, or BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO B. HOE. & 00., on NEW YORK, N. Y.

DELIVERY APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,019, dated December 12,1882.

Application filedMay 29,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, L. (J. QROWELL, a citizenof the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DeliveryApparatns, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same. i

In the production ot'iordinary newspapers, and particularly of those which are to be supplied to news-dealers and carriers, it is often desirable that they should be delivered from the printing mechanism in such form as to be readily separated into lots containing any desired number without the necessity of counting. This result has heretofore been attained in a variety of ways, but always by the use of mechanism more or less complicated,by which the piling-table or other surface upon which the papers were lodged as they passed from the machine was shifted or changed in its position at regular intervals, so that the irregular piling marked divisions in the pile, each of which contained a certain predetermined number, or by devices which operated at regular intervals to shift a single paper so that it would project beyond the edges of the others in the pile, and thus mark the divisions con- 0 taining the predetermined number.

It is the object of the present invention, among other things, to dispense with all mechanism for shifting the piling-table or the position of single papers in the pile, and yet to mark the regular divisions in the pile of papers, so that any predetermined number can be taken from the pile without the necessity of counting.

To this end the invention consists in a meth- 0d of dividing the sheets delivered from a printing-machine into quires or lots containing predetermined quantities, which method consists in printing or placing upon or in certain of thepapers an indicating-mark by which they will be readily distinguishable from the others.

The invention also embraces certain mechanisms for carrying this method into operation, and also certain features of the delivery apparatus, both singly and in combination, all of section of the same.

which will be hereinafter fully explained and pointed out. i

In said drawings, Figure 1 shows in front elevation a mechanism embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical Fig. 3 is a vertical section upon an enlarged scale, showing the de livery apparatus. Fig. 4 is an enlarged View, partly in section, showing the apparatus for placing the indicating-marks upon the papers. Fig. 5 is a view showing one of the papers at'- ter it has received the indicatingmark. Fig. 6 is an elevation showing the pile of papers .as they will appear upon the carrying-tapes;

and Fig. 7 is a similar View of a like pile of papers, but showing the indicating marks placed in a different position.

The apparatus illustrated in the drawings is designed and adapted to manipulate a doublewidth web so as to deliver the printed product in the form of quarto or eight-page papers having one longitudinal fold. The double-width web of paper, having been perfected by any ordinary form of printing mechanism, the last type and impression cylinders, 47 48, of which are shown in Fig.2, passes over the roll1,' where it is split by the slitter 2, after which the two halves of the web pass around the turning-edges 3 of a longitudinal folder, by which they are associated in the well-known manner, so as to pass between rolls 4 5 in the form of a two-ply web. The folder by which the two parts of the web are associated may be of the construction shown in United States Letters Patent No. 233,997, or of any other approved form, but is here shown as constructed according to the plan described in my application for Letters Patent filed December 10, 1881. From the rolls 4 5 the web, now of onehalf its original width, passes around. the turning-edges 6 of a second longitudinal folder, go which is ofthe same construction as the first, but arranged at rightangles thereto, by which it is folded lon gitudinall y, so as to pass between rolls 7 8 in the form of a t'our-plyweb. It only .remains now to sever the folded web into sheets of the proper length to complete the product, and this is done by cutting mechanism carried upon cylinders 9 10. The cylinder IlO . terior of the cylinder.

9, which is of a circumference equal to the length of two sheets, is provided with two cut-- ting-blades, 11, which coact with grooves 13 of the cylinder 10, which latter is of a circumference equal to three times the length of the severed sheet. The cylinder is provided with three sets of sheet-holding pins, 16 17 18, located just in the rear of the cutting-grooves, and pivoted to the ends of arms 19, which project from rock-sh afts 20, journaled upon the in- The rock-shafts are also provided with arms 21, the ends of which carry bowls,'which travel upon the periphery of the fixed cam 22, which operatesin the usual manner to rock the shalt 20 and cause the pins to protrude through openings in the cylinder.

' The pins 16 17 18 are provided with coiled sition.

springs 45, which, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, encircle the pins and bear against the arms 19 and seats upon the interior of the cylinder, so as to normally hold the pins in a retracted po- Justin advance of the cutting-grooves 13 the cylinder 10 is provided with recesses, in which lie series of fingers 12, which are fixed to shafts 14, provided with arms 15, which extend in ward and carry bowls, which travel upon the periphery of a fixed cam, 23, which is so formed as to cause the fingers 12 to be thrown outward from the cylinder at certain points, for a purpose hereinafter to be explained. The shafts 14 are provided with coiled springs, (not shown,) which operate in the usual manner to hold the fingers normally within the surface of the cylinder.

Located just below the cylinder 10, and at a short distance therefrom, is the small cylinder 24, provided with four sets of grippers, 25, the shafts 26 of which are provided with coiled springs, which operate in the usual manner to hold the grippers in the closed position, and with arms 27, which are operated upon by the fixed cam 28 to open the grippers at the proper time. Just in advance of the grippers 25 the cylinder 24 is provided with rubber cushions 29, so positioned that as the grippers are closed their points will rest upon said cushions, and thus securea firm hold upon the sheet,

' and at the same time yield sufficiently to prevent the possibility of the sheets being torn. As the leading end of the web arrives at the bite of the cylinders 9 10 it will be impaled upon the pins 16, which will be protruded at that point by the cam 22; and will be carried around upon the cylinder 10. \Vhen this cylinder has made one-third of a revolution one of the cutting-blades, ll, coacting with groove 13, will sever the web, and the freshlycut end will at the same time be impaled upon the pins 17, to be carried forward in like manner. When the cylinder 10 has advanced to such a position as to bring the rear end of the sheet carried by the pins 16 opposite to the cylinder 24, the cam 22 will permit the pins 16 to be retracted so as to release the head of the sheet, and the fingers 12 will be at the same time operated by the cam 23 so as to throw the rear end of the sheet ofi from the cylinder 10 and against the surface of cylinder 24, where it will immediately be caught by one of the sets of grippers 25, the arm 27 of which will at that point be released from the cam 28, so as to permit the grippers to close. The sheet thus released from the cylinder 10 will have its rear end carried downward by the cylinder 24 until it is brought nearly into contact with the travelln g tapes 30, when the cam 28 will operate to open the grippers 25 and release the sheet, which will then drop onto the tapes, to be conveyed away from the machine in the usual manner. The cylinder24 is so timed that it makes one-quarter of a revolution while the cylinder 10 is making one-third of a revolution, so that when the rear end of the sheet carried by the pins 17 has advanced to a position opposite the cylinder 24 it will in like manner be thrown ofi' from the cylinder by its set of fingers 12, and be caught by the next succeeding set of grippers 25, to be carried around and deposited upon the tapes in like manner, and so the operation will continue to be repeated, the tapes 30 being timed so that the papers deposited upon them will fallonly slightly in the rear of each other and assume the position in thepile shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

Although it is preferable that the cylinder 9 should be ofa circumference equal to the len gth of at least two sheets and the cylinder 10 ot' a circumference equal to the length of at least three sheets, and that the cylinder 24 should carry at least four sets of grippers, these proportions are not essential. The cylinder 9 may be either larger or smaller than the size shown and carry a correspondingly increased or diminished number of cutting-blades, while the cylinder 10 may also be increased or diminished in size and carry a proportionately increased or diminished number of pins and fingers. The cylinder 24 may also carry more than four sets of grippers, or may be provided with only two or three sets.

As before stated, the printed product, as delivered by this mechanism, is in the form of a quarto or eight-page paper folded once longitudinally, from which it results that the fold made by the turning-surfaces 6 and rolls 7 8 is upon the blank space between the pages of printed matter, and that such fold and blank space will fall at the side of the papers as they fall onto the tapes 30.

For the purpose of indicatingregular divisions in the papers, so that any desired number can be taken without the necessity of counting, an apparatus isarranged at some convenient point to print or otherwise make an indicatingmark upon this blank space upon certain of the papers, which mark can readily be seen as they emerge from the machine or lie in the pile. It will readily be seen that this mark may consist of a number, as 10 or 50,. or of any arbitrary sign that may be selected;

or it may bemade by cutting or embossing the paper, or by pasting or otherwise attaching a small strip or tag; and that said mark may be made either before or after the sheets are folded or at the same time they are printed. It is ed so as to operate upon the center or blank. space of that portion of the web'which, after r alsoapparent that the apparatus for accomplishing the marking may be located in or upon the type-cylinder or elsewhere, so as to operate-upon the web or sheets at any convenient point during its or their passage through the printing or delivery apparatus,

and that a great variety of mechanisms may be used for the purpose without departing from the present invention.

For the purpose ofillustratingthe invention, there is shown in the present case a simple form of apparatus for making the indicatingmark by printing, said apparatus bring locatwhich is covered by a plate, 34, upon which is a projection, 35, of suitable size and form to print the indicating-mark desired. This pro- 0 jection is provided with one or more slots. or

' of the disk.

1 driven will be so proportioned and timed that openings, through which project the wedgeshaped ribs 36 of a spring-seated plunger, 37. The journal 38 of the shaft 32 is so constructed as to allow said shaft to oscillate slightly, while thejonrnal 39 at its opposite end is made capable of slight vertical movement. The outwardly-extendingend 40 of the shaft 32 is supported by a rod, 41, the lower end of which is bifurcated and embraces the shaft 42 of a camdisk, 43, the rod being also provided with a stud, 44, which projects into the canrgroove The groove 50 is of such form that during the greater part of the revolution of the cam the rod 41 will be held in such position as to keep the projection 35 of the roller 3L out of contact with the passing web; but at one pointit is so formed that the rod 41 will be lowered so as to bring the projections 36 of the plunger 37 intocontact with the web, thereby forcing such plunger inward and permitting ink to how through the openings in the projection 35 onto the web, thus printing the desired mark, as 46, upon the blank space and the fold-line between the pages, immediately after which the cam will, through rod 41, again raise roller 31 out of contact with the web.

The gearing by which the cam-disk 43 is driven will be so proportioned and timed that said disk will operate to lower the roller 31, so as to make an impression upon every tenth, twenty-fifth, fiftieth, one hundredth, or other paper, according to the number which it is desired that the divisions in the pile shall contain; and the gearing by which the shaft 32'is the printing projection 35 will always be in position to make an impression when the roll 31 is lowered. These gears, as well as the gears for driving the other moving parts of the machine, are not illustrated in the present case, as their construction and arrangement is only a matter involving ordinary mechanical skill, which is within the knowledge of all persons familiar with the art.

Instead of placing the indicating-mark upon the blank space of the web between the printed pages so that it will fall upon the fold-line'at the side of the pile, it will readily be seen that the mechanism for making said mark can be so positioned and operated as to print said mark upon the blank margin of the paper, either at the top or bottom of the page, so that instead of appearing at the side of the pile it will appear upon the projecting ends of the papers, as seen upon the top of the pile, as shown in Fig. 7. In some cases it may be found desirable to cause the indicating-mark to be placed upon several sheets in succession, so as to make the mark larger and more easily detected.

It is to be understood that the herein-described method of indicating the divisions in the pile of papers is not confined in its application to a delivery apparatus which. delivers the printed product in the form of that herein shown. The method may be practiced with equal facility in connection with mechanisms which deliver the printed products unfolded or with those which impart more than one fold, it being only necessary that the apparatus for making the indicating mark should be so located andoperated as to make said mark upon some part of the sheet where it can be seen, so as to readily distinguish the sheet hearing it from the others. 7

What I claim is--- 1. The herein-described method of dividing the sheets delivered from a printing mechanism into quires or lots containing predetermined quantiries, which consists in marking certain ones of the successivelyproduced sheets during their passage through the machine, so as to form an index of division by making them readily distinguishable from the others, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described method of marking regular divisions in the pile of sheets delivered from a printing mechanism, which consists in printing an indicating-mark upon the blank margin of certain of the successive sheets in such position that it can be seen, so as to make such sheets readily distinguishable from the others in the pile, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a mechanism for printingthebodyofnewspapersorother sheets, of a mechanism imparting a distinguishingmark to certain of the successively-produced sheets, all substantially as described.

4:- The combination, with mechanisms for printing the body of newspapers orother sheets and for delivering the same, of a mechanism for printing an indicating-mark upon the blank margin of certain of the sheets in such position that it can be seen, so as to make such sheets readily distinguishable from the others in the pile, all substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a mechanism for folding and delivering newspapers or other printed sheets, of a mechanism for placing an indicating-mark upon or in the fold-line of cer-. tain of the sheets in such position that it can be seen, so as to make such sheets readily distinguishable from the others, all substantially as described.

6. The combination, with mechanism for printing the body of the sheets and mechanism for feeding them continuously forward, of a rotary mechanism for printing an indicatingmark upon certain of the sheets, and mechanism for bringing its printing-surface into operative position at proper intervals, all substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the roll, as 31, pro- I vided with an ink-receptacle, and the printingplate, as 35, having openings for the emission of ink, of the spring seated plunger provided with ribs, as 36, and means for moving said roll into and out of contact with the paper, all substantially as described.

8. The combination,with the cylinder or carrier, as 10, provided with sheet-retaining devices, of the cylinder or carrier, as 24, provided with grippers which operate to seize the rear ends of the sheets upon the first carrier, and the slow inovingcarrying-tapes 30, arranged to receive the sheets one upon another, all substantially as described. 1

9. The combination, with the cylinder or carrier, as 10, provided with sheet-retaining devices and fingers, as 12, for throwing the rear ends of the sheets away from its surface, of the cylinder or carrier, as 24, provided with grippers which operate to seize the rear ends of the sheets upon the first carrier, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LUTHER O. (JROWELL.

Witnesses:

Geo. HJGRAHAM, J. A. HOVEY. 

